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auberon's avatar

三郎 is a given name, its most common reading being さぶろう, an old word for third son.

ごぼごぼ good onomatopoeia

gurgling, burbling stream

ごrgling, ぼrbling stream

(かど)角 street corner, outside corner

(すみ)隅 room corner, inside corner

(すき)隙 gap, space

(すきま)隙間 crack, fissure. opening.

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又三郎 - a name in this short story. Also the song title of Yorushika's latest release, based on this short story.

たったひとつ - only one

すぐ うしろ - right behind

(...はたった一つでした)が - but

(...草の山でした)し - "and", can have a nuance of explanation or emphasis

あとは...みんなありました - as for the rest, everyone was present

(後 · あと can be used in lots of situations, added to I-might-understand-if-I-see-it-more watchlist along with には)

くらい - about, approximately, to the extent that

運動場も[テニスコートのくらい]でした - even though the playground was (sized) [the extent of a tennis court]

栗の木のある...山 - another example of の used as が in relative clause (describing 山)

のです - explanatory tone / shows emphasis

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